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Miami-class cutter USCGC Tampa photographed in harbor, prior to the First World War. All 131 persons on board Tampa were lost when the vessel was sunk by a German torpedo. (U.S. Navy)

Purple Hearts Finally Awarded to Coast Guard Crew Killed in World War I

The cutter Tampa was sunk by a U-boat torpedo in 1918, killing all 131 aboard.

Medal of Honor to be received by Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward C. Byers Jr (Photo: Navy)

Lawmakers Push Bills to Improve Veteran Care, Increase Medal of Honor Stipends

Other measures would strengthen women's health care and protect veterans from substandard health services.

In this Saturday, May 18, 2019, photo, Rear Adm. Matthew Bell, right, presents a Silver Lifesaving Medal to George "Radar" Lambert, middle, at the Atwood Building courtyard in Anchorage, Alaska. Lambert was awarded the medal by the U.S. Coast Guard for saving Smith from drowning in Kotzebue in 1998, when he was 10 and she was 12. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

Alaska Man Given Coast Guard Medal Years After Girl's Rescue

An Alaska man has received the U.S. Coast Guard's second-highest civilian honor for saving a girl from drowning.

Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commanding general of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, congratulates Maj. Nicholas Eslinger after presenting him with the Distinguished Service Cross during an award ceremony at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on May 3, 2019. Tisha Swart-Entwistle/Army

Soldier Who Tossed Back Enemy Grenade Receives Distinguished Service Cross

The then-second lieutenant jumped on the explosive device and braced for the blast. But it didn't blow. So he tossed it back.

Adm. William H. McRaven pins on the Distinguished Service Cross on Chief Warrant Officer Jason W. Myers, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), June 11, 2012. This was his first Distinguished Service Cross. (U.S. Army photo/Marcus Butler)

Special Operations Soldier Receives Second Distinguished Service Cross

In March 2010, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason W. Myers rushed into enemy fire to rescue two Afghanistan police officers.

Cpl. Christopher Garland, a member of the California National Guard, receives the Army Commendation Medal for valor, and a Combat Medic Badge, at Forward Operating Base Ghazni. (Army Photo: 1st Lt. Antonia Elena Pearse)

Replacing Military Awards, Medals, & Decorations

Find out how to request for replacements and what forms you will need to fill out.

Wearing of Military Awards With Civilian Clothes

You are authorized to wear your military medals with civilian clothes on certain occasions

Navy and Marine Corps Medal recipients Sgt. Austin Cox and Sgt. Michael Vura address Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron (HMLAT) 303 following an awards ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, April 29, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Julian Elliott-Drouin)

Marines Receive Award for Life-Saving Actions During Las Vegas Shooting

Sgt. Austin Cox and Marine veteran Sgt. Michael Vura were awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medals.

African-American soldiers (and one of their white officers) of the 369th Infantry, known as the Harlem Hellfighters, practice what they will soon experience, fighting in the trenches of the Western Front. They are wearing French helmets and using French-issued rifles and equipment, the logic being that since they were fighting under French command, it was easier to resupply them from the French system than trying to get American-issued items. (National Archives and Records Administration)

Racism Kept Some WWI Troops from Receiving Medal of Honor, Lawmakers Say

Bills have been introduced in Congress to review whether Medals of Honor were denied to African-American troops in WWWI.

Air Force Col. Philip Conran (U.S. Air Force)

Lawmaker Renews Push to Get Vietnam-Era Airman Medal of Honor

A California lawmaker recently introduced legislation to upgrade an award for a Vietnam-era airman to the Medal of Honor.

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Navy Lt. Kaylie Ludwig. (Photo courtesy of the Ludwig family)

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The front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Courtland Savage from early in his training. (Courtesy Courtland Savage)

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